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Baker Prairie holds school-wide Geo Bee

Eighteen students in seventh and eighth grades earned the right to compete in the bee

Do you know which country does not have a border that touches the Danube River? Romania, Slovakia or Lithuania? Winner of Baker Prairie's Geography Bee, Clayton Geyman, knew the answer to that question and many more.

Eighteen Baker Prairie students participated in the Geo Bee on Thursday, Jan. 18. Each of them had earned their place in the bee after scoring the highest in their social studies class on a test.

For fun, four brave teachers also participated in the first few rounds of the competition. They were science teacher Scott Harms, special education teacher Ariel Nielsen, social studies teacher Louise Osterman and band teacher Jordan Paulus.

During the first round, students were given questions with two multiple choice answers, then in the second round, there were three choices, and by the final rounds, students had to come up with the answer on their own.

Students who answered two questions incorrectly were excused from the competition.

Once the participants were whittled down to the top eight, they were given a clean slate and questions focused on the United States.

Between rounds, eighth-grade students Jamie Mack and Laela Wood, of the Eagle Council, provided some comedic relief with jokes like, "I only know 25 letters of the alphabet—I don't know 'Y.'"